#bryce covert

[carolinemillerbooks]

New Post has been published on Books by Caroline Miller

New Post has been published on http://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/when-greed-passes-for-public-good/

When Greed Passes For Public Good

Gordon Gekko courtesy of youtube.com A news report in a local paper reawakened some bad memories.  The story was about enterprise zones, programs meant to breathe life into depressed areas.  The project under review included portions of a tony area in the heart of the city. Developers were g...

[joshuaboakley]

Nine years ago, a Harvard law professor dreamed up a new concept: a government agency devoted solely to protecting consumers from unscrupulous financial companies, the way the Consumer Product Safety Commission protects us from faulty microwaves. http://bit.ly/28J5Sds

[tumonvi]

Executive action, though, comes with risks: What one president puts in place the next can undo, as can the courts. And focusing on the incrementally doable and pragmatic can mean losing sight of what may someday be possible. If a politician is too afraid to push for what she truly believes should happen, because it's impractical, she won't pry open the window of what could become perfectly acceptable. What's radical today can lose its edge the more it leaks into political discourse. But first it has to be leaked.

Bryce Covert, “Bernie’s Revolution vs. Hillary’s Getting Things Done”

[hillbillyplease]

Preach.